Spring Property

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Description

A spring is a general type of element which can be used to model both simple springs and more sophisticated types of behaviour. Spring properties describe those behaviours. Refer to Spring Properties to read more.

Properties

Icon	Type	Name	Description
	Text	Name	Spring Property Name
	Integer	Spring Curve x	Spring Curve in x direction
	Unit Number Force Per Length	Stiffness x	Stiffness in x direction
	Integer	Spring Curve y	Spring Curve y
	Unit Number Force Per Length	Stiffness y	Stiffness in y direction
	Integer	Spring Curve z	Spring Curve z
	Unit Number Force Per Length	Stiffness z	Stiffness in z direction
	Integer	Spring Curve xx	Spring Curve xx
	Unit Number Rotational Stiffness	Stiffness xx	Stiffness in xx direction
	Integer	Spring Curve yy	Spring Curve yy
	Unit Number Rotational Stiffness	Stiffness yy	Stiffness in yy direction
	Integer	Spring Curve zz	Spring Curve zz
	Unit Number Rotational Stiffness	Stiffness zz	Stiffness in zz direction
	Generic	Spring Matrix	Spring Matrix
	Unit Number Length	Lockup -ve	Lockup -ve
	Unit Number Length	Lockup +ve	Lockup +ve
	Unit Number Force Per Length	Coeff. of Friction	Coefficient of Friction
	Generic	Damping Ratio	[Optional] Damping Ratio (Default = 0.0 -> 0%)

Note: the above properties can be retrieved using the Get Spring Property component